Bhil languages

{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language group of India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox language family

| name = Bhil

| ethnicity = Bhil people

| region = India

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Western[http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Indogermanisch.doc Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen] (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)

| child1 = Northern

| child2 = Central

| child3 = Bareli

| glotto = bhil1254

| glottorefname = Bhil

| ancestor =

| glottoname =

| notes =

| map = Bhili map.png

| mapcaption = Bhili-speaking regions of India

}}

The Bhil languages are a group of lects spoken by the Bhil that are classified as dialects of Indo-Aryan languages such as Gujarati and Rajasthani.{{cite book|author=George L. van Driem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6EswEAAAQBAJ|title=Ethnolinguistic Prehistory| date=25 May 2021 |page=220| publisher=BRILL | isbn=978-90-04-44837-7 }}{{cite book|author=Prakash Chandra Mehta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoQqpkfrXfAC|title=Ethnographic Atlas of Indian Tribes| date=2004 |page=191| publisher=Discovery Publishing House | isbn=978-81-7141-852-7 }} They are spoken by around 10.4 million Bhils in western and central India as of 2011{{cite web |title=ABSTRACT OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH OF LANGUAGES AND MOTHER TONGUES - 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Indian Census 2011, Government of India |access-date=7 July 2018}} and constitute the primary languages of the southern Aravalli Range in Rajasthan and the western Satpura Range in Madhya Pradesh, northwestern Maharashtra, and southern Gujarat.

According to the 52nd report of the commissioner for linguistic minorities in India, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Bhili is the most commonly spoken language of the district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli constituting 40.42% of its total population. Bhili speakers are also significant in the states of Gujarat (4.75%), Madhya Pradesh (4.93%) and Rajasthan (4.60%).{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}